News In Brief

AUTHOR(S)

Vekshin, Alison; Siegel, Gary E.

PUB. DATE

January 2002

SOURCE

Bond Buyer;1/7/2002, Vol. 339 Issue 31298, p2

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on the unemployment level in the U.S. labor market as of December 2001. Statistics of the increase in unemployment rate according to data provided by the Labor Department; Percentage of expansion in wages in December 2001; Details of total hours worked by employees in December.

ACCESSION #

7439067

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